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Table 3 Substance use before and during pregnancy among RPGEH Prenatal Cohort Participants compared to Non-Participants in Kaiser Permanente Northern California

From: The Kaiser Permanente Northern California research program on genes, environment, and health (RPGEH) pregnancy cohort: study design, methodology and baseline characteristics

 

Overall Denominator (n = 87,928)

Participants (n = 16,584)

Non-Participants (n = 71,344)

Early Start Data

 

N (%)

 

Smoking in 12 Months before Pregnancy

 Never

78,710 (89.5)

14,683 (88.5)

64,027 (89.7)

 Monthly or Less

2,944 (3.4)

623 (3.8)

2,321 (3.3)

 Weekly

1,304 (1.5)

230 (1.4)

1,074 (1.5)

 Daily

4,747 (5.4)

1,016 (6.1)

3,731 (5.2)

 Unknown

223 (0.2)

32 (0.2)

191 (0.3)

Smoking since Pregnancy

 Never

85,166 (96.9)

16,010 (96.5)

69,156 (96.9)

 Monthly or Less

789 (0.9)

159 (1.0)

630 (0.9)

 Weekly

537 (0.6)

117 (0.7)

420 (0.6)

 Daily

1,196 (1.3)

267 (1.6)

929 (1.3)

 Unknown

240 (0.3)

31 (0.2)

209 (0.3)

Alcohol in 12 Months before Pregnancy

 Never

28,267 (32.2)

4,202 (25.3)

24,065 (33.7)

 Monthly or less

39,589 (45.0)

7,908 (47.7)

31,681 (44.4)

 Weekly

18,102 (20.6)

4,058 (24.5)

14,044 (19.7)

 Daily

1,429 (1.6)

327 (2.0)

1,102 (1.6)

 Unknown

541 (0.6)

89 (0.5)

452 (0.6)

Alcohol since Pregnancy

 Never

78,796 (89.6)

14,551 (87.7)

64,245 (90.1)

 Monthly or Less

6,780 (7.7)

1,517 (9.2)

5,263 (7.3)

 Weekly

1,423 (1.6)

344 (2.1)

1,079 (1.5)

 Daily

179 (0.2)

34 (0.2)

145 (0.2)

 Unknown

750 (0.9)

138 (0.8)

612 (0.9)

Use of Prescription Drug in 12 Months before Pregnancya

 No

71,212 (81.0)

13,067 (78.8)

58,145 (81.5)

 Yes

16,066 (18.3)

3,403 (20.5)

12,663 (17.7)

 Unknown

650 (0.7)

114 (0.7)

536 (0.8)

Use of Prescription Drug since Pregnancy

 No

83,680 (95.2)

15,726 (94.8)

67,954 (95.3)

 Yes

3,871 (4.4)

799 (4.8)

3,072 (4.3)

 Unknown

377 (0.4)

59 (0.4)

318 (0.4)

Use of Illegal Drug in 12 Months before Pregnancyb

 No

79,954 (90.9)

14,790 (89.1)

65,164 (91.3)

 Yes

7,149 (8.1)

1,506 (9.1)

5,643 (7.9)

 Unknown

825 (1.0)

288 (1.8)

537 (0.8)

Use of Illegal Drug since Pregnancy

 No

85,202 (96.9)

15,878 (95.7)

69,324 (97.2)

 Yes

2,033 (2.3)

414 (2.5)

1,619 (2.3)

 Unknown

693 (0.8)

292 (1.8)

401 (0.5)

  1. aPrescription drugs in Early Start data include anxiety medications, pain medications, and sleep medications
  2. bIllegal drugs in Early Start data include Cocaine, Heroin, Marijuana, and Methamphetamines